Dress folder



Dec. 1924. 1,518,304

B. CAHN' DRES S FOLDER Filed Sept. 23, 1922 I N VEN TOR. B ernaz'd CamTTORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, BERNARD CAHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stockton, county of San Joaquin, State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress Folders; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisapplication. v 4

This invention relates to improvements in devices or means used inwrapping up womens dresses and similar garments for delivery from thestore in which they are sold to the customer.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a semirigid member onwhich the dress is temporarily mounted and wrapped or folded around, anda stand for support ing this member while the garment is being folded,and wrapped.

A second object is to provide a stand so constructed that the'rigidmember or wrapping board will be firmly held against movement in onedirection, so that it may be positioned at an angle convenient to thewrap ping clerk, while the initial folding of the sleeves etc. of thegarment is being done. At the same time, this board may freely rotate inthe other direction, so asto all-ow of the garment, which longer thanthe board, being then wr pped ar und said b rd a a core, Without havingto remove the board from the stand while so doing.

The advantages gained bythe use of this device over the ordinary method.of garment wrapping are many.

The space necessary for the operation is lessened, the garment may bemore quickly and easily wrapped or folded, and results a heater wrappingbeing had, and so that the garment will be in perfect condition hen unwapp d y the custome Further, the need of tissue paper, now extensivelyused, is eliminated, since the wrapping board is shaped in such a mannerthat when the folded dress is placed into the usual pasteboard box fordelivery to the cu tomer, the garment is held from movement in [116 boxand from edges of the board and from coming in contact with the sides ofthe box.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my stand with the wrapping boardinstalled thereon and positioned ready for the initial wrapping orfolding operation.

Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged fragmentary side and end views respectivelyof the upper end of one of the stand-posts, showing a board engagingclip and a pawl and ratchet mechanism operating in connection therewith.

Fig. 4L is an enlarged fragmentary vertical or longitudinal section ofthe wrapping board.

Figs; 5 and 6 are fragmentary longitudinal and transverse sectionsrespectively of the board, with a garment wrapped thereabout, showingthe same as set in an ordinary suit box.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral 1 denotes a suitable form of base, adapted to besecured as by screws 2 to a wrapping desk or counter 3, or to the wallor ceiling of the room in which the wrapping operations are conducted.

Projecting up from, or at right angles to, the base members intransversely spaced relation are rigid posts Turnably mounted in one ofsaid posts and projecting therethrough in the direction of fllGOPPOSltBpost is a pin or shaft 5 on the end of which nearest said other post isfixed a channel shaped clip 6, set at right angles to said shaft, andopen along the edge opposite to the shaft.

011 the opposite end of the shaft is a ratchet wheel 7, engaged by aspringpressed pawl 8, which is provided with a pin 9 projectingtherefrom to enable said pawl to be moved from engagement with theratchet. wheel at will.v This ratchet wheel and pawl are arranged toallow rotation of the shaft in one direction only.

Turnably and slidably mounted in the other post t and in alinen ent withthe shaft 5 is another shaft 10, having on its inner end a clip 11similar to the clip (5 but of course oppositely disposed with respectthereto. Between the clip 11 and the adjacent face of the post t inwhich it is mounted is a spring 12, placed about the shaft 10 and actingto force the shaft and clip toward the opposite clip. On the opposite orouter end of said shaft is a knob or. handle 10.

Adapted to be removably held by and between the clips is a wrapping orfolding board 13, of any suitable light yet semirigid material, such asstraw or paste board and the like.

This board is of a size suitable for its purpose, which is to fold orwrap a garment thereon, the size of the stand being such that thedistance between the posts 4 is greater than the width of. the board,while the distance from the shafts 5 and 10 to the base 1 in a straightline is somewhat greater than half the height or length of the board.

The side edges of the latter are slotted as at 14, at a point half wayfrom the ends, to receive the clips and enable the board to beheld fromlongitudinal slippage.

The opposite end edges of the board are inset from the corners for thegreater portion of their. width as shown at 15, so as to leaveprojecting corner flanges 15.

A short distance from one of said edges the board has a pair of alinedslots 16 with a cross bar 17 therebetween to form a sup port for thehook 18 of a rod 19 on the .lower end of which is turnably mounted anordinary wooden coat hanger 20, which is notched adjacent its ends as at21. A loop 22 of string or similar material may be fastened to the boardby means of one of the slots 16, so that the board may be hung up; in avertical position if desired when removed from the stand.

In operation, the board, one of which is of course given to eachindividual buyer of a garment, is placed between and held by the clipsby first pulling out on the knob ,IO to separate the clips.

The extent to which the shaft 10 may slide is such as to enable boardsof different widths being held on the one stand.

This operation done, the board is set at an angle convenient to thewrappin clerk, as shown, the pawl and ratchet mec ianism being sodisposed that if the lower half of the board projects from the standtoward the worker, it can only be rotated in the dirlection which willraise said end still furt ier.

The garment 23 to be folded is then hung on the hanger 20, the notches21 helping to hold it in place, the garment resting against the board.The sleeves of the garment are then suitably folded over, and whileholding them in place, theoperator draws the garment away from the boardsufficiently to enable the garment to be reversed in p0- sition so thatthe sleeves rest against the board; the hanger turning on the rod 19 andthe hook of the latter pivoting on the member 17 as an axis.

The portion of the garment then depending below the board is then foldedso as to lie completely within the adjacent lugs 15, and the stand isthen rotated so as to wrap or fold the garment about the board from endto end, the number of wraps or folds of course depending on the lengthof the garment relative to that of the board.

The board, with the garment wrapped thereon, is then removed from thestand by again pulling out on the knob 10, and the board is placed in anordinary suit box 24, a paper slip or similar open ended enclosure beingfirst placed over the board and garment if necessary.

It will then be evident that when the garment is packed in the box, inwhich the board 13 fits snugly both ways as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,neither the side edges nor the folds of the garment touch the sides ofthe box, owing to the fact that the garment is wound on the board as ona spool, the flanges 15 not only projecting beyond the folds of thegarment and protecting them from contact with the box, but serving asstops to prevent the side edges of the garment from slipping out to theside edges of the board.

Therefore, in delivering the box to the customer, no matter how muchshaking u) the former may get, the garment will sti .1 be in perfectshape when removed from the box.

The board may then be hung up in a clothes closet by means of the loop22, while the permanently mounted hanger 20 affords a means for againhanging the dress should the owner desire.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I havearoduced such a. device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as to not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A unitary garment support and wrapping element for the purpose notedcomprising a thin board about which the garment is to be wrapped byrotation of such board, and independent means carried by the board onwhich to first support and arrange the garment prior to \vrapping itabout the board. k

2. A unitary garment support and wrapping element for the purpose notedcomprising a thin board about Which the garment is to be wrapped byrotation thereof, and a garment hanger mounted on the board whereby thegarment may first be mounted in fixed position relative to the board andthen folded about the board by rotation of the latter.

3. A unitary garment support and Wrapping element for the purpose notedcomprising a thin board about which the garment is to be Wrapped byrotation thereof, and a hanger mounted on the board and having aturntable movement on its support whereby a garment may be firstsupported and folded laterally on the hanger, the hanger being thenturned to hold the folds of the garment against the board and the boardthen rotated to fold the garment longitudinally about the board.

In testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

BERNARD (1' HN.

